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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [217r] (438/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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(to)
BIEIJIK—BITLIS 429
(iii) To Jeziret-ibn-Omar via Ziyaret Wa'iz el-Qur'ani and
Sairt. (See Boute 85.)
(iv) To Sairt via Chemi Khan. (See 86 a.)
(v) To Sairt via the Argif Koprti. (See 86 b.)
(vi) To Sairt via Kifra. (See Boute 86 c.)
(vii) To Mukus. (See Boute 88.)
(viii) To Van via the S. shore of Lake Van. (See 89 a, 89 b.)
(ix) To Van via Kahwa plateau, the N. shore of Lake Van. (See
Military Beport on E.T vol. ii, and 73.)
Passable for wheels.
(x) To Eayazld via Eahwa plateau, Arjish, Girdagol Gedik, and
Dhiya ed-Dln, or via Ab Agha and Bergeri. (See
Beport on E.T.A., vol. ii, 86, 61 b , and 54.)
Passable for wheels.
(xi) To Alashgird via Kahwa plateau, the Akhlat valley,
Melasgird, and the Murad, or Suleiman Gumbet. (See
Military Beport on E.T.A., vol. ii, 86, 82 a, 59, 58.)
Passable for wheels.
(xii) To Liz via Kahwa plateau and Kani Kesh W. of the
Nimrud Dagh. (See M E.T.A., vol. ii,
p. 114.) Just passable for wheels, but steep near the
Nimrud Dagh.
(xiii) To Erzerum via Kahwa plateau. Mush, and Khinis. (See
Military Beport on E.T.A., vol. ii, 97,78, and 73.)
Passable for wheels.
(xiv) To Mush, over hills NW. of town and passing SW. of the
Kahwa plateau, and joining main road (xiii) at Norshen.
Not passable for wheels.
(xv) To Kuyut Basin. Good mule-track over easy col.
(xvi) To Missi (Modeki valley). Northern route : follows (xv),
good mule-track to a point N. of the Hormuz Dagh,
thence through very difficult, rocky country.
Southern routes : rough tracks from Bitlis—Ziyaret chaussee
{Boute 85), up valley of Modeki Su or by Jezni and
Melipan.
(xvii) To Haze via Kuyut: difficult beyond Kuyut.
N ote .—On the important Kahwa plateau N. of the town see
Military Beport on E.T.A., vol. ii, pp. 114-120. All the chief routes
converging on Bitlis from the N. cross it.
It is reported that on the Mush—Hazro route, the Kulp valley,
a carriage-road is under construction. See p. 322. Until this route
is reached the Bitlis pass cannot be turned from the W. by a force
with guns.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
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- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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